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From: Robert Humphris <r DOT humphris AT indigo-avs DOT com>
To: "'Mark T Logan'" <fwec AT juno DOT com>,
        "'Art S. Kagel'"
	 <kagel AT ns1 DOT bloomberg DOT com>
Cc: "'adalee AT sendit DOT sendit DOT nodak DOT edu'" <adalee AT nodak DOT edu>,
        "'djgpp AT delorie DOT com'" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: Quake vs. Demos
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 09:51:48 +0100
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<snip>

The language which a large project is written in is irrelevant, it is
the way that the
program is written and the project is managed.

A task is decomposed into functions.  Functions are specified in some
manner,
some people use Z, others use plain English.  A Function can be written
in which
ever language is required.  The functions can be tested against the
specification given
if they pass they are integrated.  You then <in theory> have a rather
natty little program
that does 'exactly' what ever you want.

Most of the large Finacial programs were written in COBOL, they now use
SQL, C, C++
Visual Basic, whatever they want.

Most, if not all of the defence programs are written in ADA, a real-time
language written for that purpose.

Most embedded systems are written in Assembler or C

These are of various complexity and differ in the structure of the
program.

Object oriented languages are not just new programming languages but
offer a totally different way of
decomposing problems and designing the solution.

C++ would make a good method for writing games as the objects within the
game can become semi autonomous
and behave in a pre defined manner, adding a touch more realism to the
game


Rob Humphris